Sony RCA froze Kelly’s contract about two months ago; and thus the value of his publishing took a huge hit.   Radio stations have declined to play his music and Spotify and other on-line portals have put restrictions on his music or deleted it all together.

After the R. Kelly hype has died down and Lifetime pumps out a few other juicy docu-series exposing your favorite celebrities’ sins and transgressions, we’ll be back at square one,

Make sure the artist has a strong local following from perpetuating a self-destructive narrative and the charisma to make self-destruction seem appealing.